
Feature film — 1944
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
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20th Century Fox
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Director: John M. Stahl
On screen
Cast & crew

Gregory Peck
Fr. Francis Chisholm

Thomas Mitchell
Willie Tulloch

Vincent Price
Angus Mealey

Rose Stradner
Reverend Mother Maria-Veronica

Roddy McDowall
Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Edmund Gwenn
Fr. Hamish MacNabb

Cedric Hardwicke
Monsignor at Tweedside

Peggy Ann Garner
Nora as a Girl

Jane Ball
Nora, as an Adult

James Gleason
Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske

Anne Revere
Agnes Fiske

Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Chisholm, Francis' Mother
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